Tag #11542 - GA - GeoWoodstock VIII (RETIRED)

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For GeoWoodstock VIII, I wanted a pathtag that represented this area of the world and and featured the salmon, an animal of economic and spiritual significance not only to the First Nations of the area, but also to the Irish (my own heritage). I decided to make a tag that was an hommage to some of my favorite Northwest Coast artists, Clarence Mills (Haida), Todd Jason Baker (Squamish Nation), and of course Bill Reid (Haida).

I sent Nicole Florian* links to pictures of Haida art, and this is her interpretation of this distinctive style.I didn't tell her that the salmon’s life cycle symbolizes the circle of life to many Native peoples, but I think she captured that idea in this tag.

August 12--I just found one between the couch cushions! I'm saving it to trade for the GW8 event tag that was on the lanyards that came with the higher registration levels. Please contact me if you have one of those.